Systemic risk regulation and the "too big to fail" problem

Borys Grochulski and Stephen Slivinski

Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2009, issue Jul, No 09-07

Abstract: A single regulator tasked with preventing threats to systemic stability would need to have considerable power and discretion. But creating such a powerful entity could reinforce the moral hazard problem resulting from the idea that some firms are too big to fail.

Keywords: Risk; Financial institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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